At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

"Haha, old man, I feel a bit like a third wheel here. I came today just to be a light bulb for you two,"

Dai Zhengguo stoked the blazing firewood and, with a chuckling smile, watched the pair who were blushing from their kiss.

"Old Dai, not even an eel could stop your mouth,"

Even with his thick skin, Gu Yu felt a bit embarrassed as Dai Zhengguo had witnessed the entire kiss between him and Lin Xinyue.

Gu Yu pretended as if nothing had happened and walked over to the kitchen counter to chop vegetables, while Lin Xinyue also hurried over to grab some lettuce beside him, "I'll help you wash it!"

Gu Yu smiled and nodded, their gazes meeting like gently flowing streams melding into one another.

"And you weren't kidding, your eel is really good! It holds its own against what I've eaten in those three and five-star hotels."

Dai Zhengguo ate with gusto.

Watching the busy couple, he felt as though he was seeing his own son and daughter-in-law.

They were just as affectionate, but it had been a long time since he last saw them.

The last meeting was during the New Year.

Dai Zhengguo couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

Having lost his wife early on, after raising his son into adulthood, his son went off to attend college. At first, they would meet during each winter and summer break, but then, as his son began working outside, they could only see each other once a year.

Afterwards, as his son married and had children, his son worked even harder, and they would only meet every two or three years.

Over the years, his life had become truly lonesome.

"Well, my cooking skills are second to none!"

Gu Yu accepted the praise without any modesty.

Lin Xinyue poked his cheek with her damp fingers, "Not modest at all, are we?"

"Well, I do have the skills!"

Gu Yu shrugged, unabashedly nodding in agreement.

"What are you making? Why are you chopping chicken breast and mushrooms?"

"Ew, why are you scooping out the carp's brain? That's so gross!"

Watching Gu Yu's cooking methods, Lin Xinyue furrowed her brows in confusion.

She couldn't understand why a dish required so many odd ingredients, even needing carp brains.

But what puzzled her even more was when Gu Yu took out a box of silken tofu from the vegetable plate.

"Guess what I'm about to make?"

Gu Yu cut the corners off the box holding the silken tofu, peeled off the wrapping film, inverted it onto the cutting board, and with a gentle tap, the block of tofu separated neatly from the box.

"Tofu… You aren't going to make Pingqiao Tofu, are you?"

Lin Xinyue carefully recalled the tofu-related dishes she had enjoyed before at a Huaiyang cuisine restaurant.

Suddenly she remembered a signature dish in Huaiyang cuisine, Pingqiao Tofu!

"Bingo! You got it, but there's no prize,"

Gu Yu, imitating the sound of a winning machine, playfully addressed Lin Xinyue's correct guess.

"Ah… there's no prize for getting it right? That's not fun at all,"

Lin Xinyue pouted, playing with the hem of her skirt, displaying a look of disappointment.

"Old Dai, turn up the heat."

Gu Yu carefully placed the silken tofu into a pot of cold water and instructed Old Dai to heat it up.

"You got it."

The ever-ready assistant, Dai Zhengguo, snapped out of his son's memory and promptly replied.

"Just kidding! What reward would you like?"

Gu Yu wiped his hands on his apron and then reached out to playfully flick Lin Xinyue's upturned nose.

"Can I choose any reward I want? Anything at all?"

Lin Xinyue's eyes lit up, and the disappointment vanished from her face in an instant, showing no trace of the pitiable little girl act she had just put on. Experience new stories with empire

It was as if a crafty gourd had successfully trapped a hunter.

"Mhm, you can,"

Gu Yu nodded.

Seeing him agreeable to just about anything made Lin Xinyue feel incredibly secure.

"I want you to spend the whole day with me at Disneyland tomorrow!"

She clung to Gu Yu's arm as if a little girl imploring an adult to take her to the amusement park.

Gu Yu was momentarily taken aback.

"Disneyland?"

Then the smile returned to his face, "Sure enough! Every girl has a princess dream."

Gu Yu immediately understood Lin Xinyue's little ploy.

Indeed, her desire was the same reason why most girls yearned to go to Disneyland.

They just wanted to live out a princess fantasy for once.

"What? Can't I? You said you could agree to anything just now! Can't you even fulfill such a teeny tiny little request for me?"

Lin Xinyue tilted her head, pursed her lips, and made a very small gesture with her fingers.

"Of course, it's not that I can't. It's not a difficult request at all; I promise,"

"However, I think we should prepare a little in advance,"

Gu Yu shook his head.

How could he possibly refuse Lin Xinyue when she was being so adorable?

Lin Xinyue usually behaved either as a gentle lady or an intellectual woman and rarely reveled in her youthful spirit in front of him.

He wasn't sure if it was because she was in such a good mood today or if it was Old Dai's presence that made her feel it was okay to act a bit childish.

"Prepare what? Is it not enough to just buy a ticket and go in?"

Lin Xinyue released Gu Yu's arm and tried to tidy her tousled hair.

"Ah, we should make a plan, right? I heard Disneyland is huge and has many attractions. If we don't plan, we might not have as good an experience, right?"

Caught off guard by her question, Gu Yu quickly concocted an excuse.

Though it was also part of the arrangement, it wasn't the true planning he wanted to do.

"Ah, yes! You're absolutely right! My smart darling thinks of everything!"